Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility

This year marks 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As we reflect on this solemn anniversary, we invite you to join Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility for our annual memorial event honoring the lives lost, the survivors (hibakusha), and the global movement to abolish nuclear weapons.

Our 2025 theme,
🎨 Never Again: Art Speaks Where Words Fail — Art’s Enduring Protest 80 Years Later
highlights the role of art as an enduring protest—telling stories, expressing grief, and inspiring action when words alone cannot.

The memorial will feature local speakers, artists, and performers including:

Performers:

• Portland Taiko
• BRAVO Youth Orchestra Quartet
• Tsubaki Buyo Doukoukai

MC:

Dr. Linda Tamura is one of three editors-in-chief of The Oregon Encyclopedia and is professor of education emerita at Willamette University. Tamura is the author of The Hood River Issei: An Oral History of Japanese Settlers in Oregon’s Hood River Valley and Nisei Soldiers Break Their Silence: Coming Home to Hood River.

You can find her website here

Keynote Speaker:

Todd Yuzuriha grew up in Portland, OR, and earned his MBA from the University of Portland. He is currently retired and enjoys his hobby of playing trumpet as a founding member of The Minidoka Swing Band and in the Vancouver Pops Orchestra.

Speaker:

Emily Washines, MPA and scholar, is an enrolled Yakama Nation tribal member with Cree and Skokomish lineage. She is a board member of the Museum of Culture and Environment, Artist Trust, and Columbia Riverkeeper and serves as adjunct faculty at Yakima Valley College.

Chisao Hata is a performance artist, community organizer and anti-nuclear activist. Her poetic movement (choreopoetry) and original performances have been featured in annual Hiroshima Day memorials for decades. She is a founder of Portland Taiko, Theater Diaspora and Oregon Rises Above Hate, and serves as an advisor for OPSR and is a founding member of the Greenfield Peace Contest.

You can find her website here

We hope you will gather with us in remembrance, resistance, and hope.

➡️ Please mark your calendar and plan to attend.
You may RSVP below

We are incredibly thankful to the current sponsors of the 2025 Hiroshima and Nagasaki Memorial.

• Columbia Riverkeeper
• Japanese American Museum of Oregon
• Japanese Ancestral Society
• Multnomah Meeting of Friends
• Oregon Hiroshima Club
• Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
• Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
• Peace and Justice Team of All Saints Episcopal Church, Vancouver
• Portland Japanese Americans Citizens League
• Veterans for Peace PDX
• West Hills Friends
• Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom-PDX

If you’d like to support the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Planning Committee please consider making a donation today.